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I think there should be at least one, probably two persons in my RL microcosm genuinely interested in learning/sharing something, strictly speaking about photography. I just haven’t met them yet. On the other hand, I’m becoming a better observer, now I can almost instantly sense it when people just want to talk about themselves. Yes, that’s not bad or good, it just is. It occurred to me that maybe I too wanted to talk about myself, which is why I decided to just play along, and if/when needed, engage.

It’s odd, I know a lot photographers here in NYC but none of them are people I socialize with, we are almost friendly competitors. We talk a little shop at events but when it is all said and done we go our separate ways. I like it that way. Most of my friends are writers, designers or academics and the infusion of their out of field creativity is way more stimulating than a bunch of photographers sitting around grousing over equipment, which is what most of the other photogs I’ve hung with spend their time doing.

Some of them are down right dicks about it. I’ve never heard a writer cut another writer down because of the pen they use, but I hear it with cameras.

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That’s way more dramatic than I expected.
You should make a site comparing “mmmyeh, this’ll work” photography with “I LIVE FOR THIS! GRAWR!” photography.

To be fair, that is a and EF 50mm 1.4 at f11 mounted on a tripod versus a hand held Ipad. It is probably isn’t an entirely fair comparison from a technical point of view but from a practical standpoint it is right on.

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zOMG! You can see the flaws! You can see her wrankles and moles! Nobody will ever want porn in HD if you can see the actresses flaws!

Seriously, you’re client is full of balogna. If she’s worried about the fact that you can see flaws and glue spots in her art, maybe she ought to focus more on her skills.

Actually, I think the blobs and blurbs give the work a sense of reality which is missing from digital artwork. Photoshop and Illustrator are amazing tools and create some stunning images, but there is no texture, no accidents, no variations which give the work character. I like the parable about Persian rugs, the weaver intentionally placing a flaw in the work because only god is perfect. (This may be apocryphal, I’ve never known a Persian weaver) If you got to the trouble in these digital days to work in an analog medium, I say embrace the little flaws.

Edit to add: After I sent the above images to my client, she sent me back my new slogan:

The images and then:
“Why not just use my ipad camera?”
“That’s why!”
Free Verse Photography.

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It’s crazy, but the ipad’s camera compares very well to early D-SLRs with the fanciest of lenses. SACD is never going to catch on because even most recording artists don’t care that much about sound quality. “We sound better on your headphones than we do live, what more do you want?” I’ve tried to make other people care, but you can’t talk people into having emotions or principles they don’t have. Maybe the ipad’s camera is better than most people can see, or care to see. I’ve sure spent more on glass for my camera than I have on all my polycarbonate internet glasses.

Hey, somebody take their camera in to their optometrist, I want to know what a modern fancy camera’s vision is. I bet it’s way better than 20/5 or whatever.
So yeah, it’s your fault for trying to out-vision GOD! Put down you bow and get off the tower of Babel!

True, and I was reasonably impressed by the quality of the Ipad camera, but here is the same image area cropped and zoomed to 100% (obviously I can’t show the entire image as it is a client job) first from my camera:

and now from the Ipad

The shot from my camera is color corrected and slightly sharpened to bring out texture in Lightroom. The Ipad image was sharpened and color corrected in the Ipad app.

Where is Apples God now? 😛

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Seriously, take it in for a CLA by a professional. Lubing ANYTHING inside the shutter/mirror assembly is a nightmare. You need special tools and special lubricant. And very small hands.

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You now have a Terabyte of storage and all your pics will be visible, along with ads.

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At some point during the last Farktography contest, a TFer gifted me with a month of TF. So, being the occasionally polite individual that I am I wanted to drop him a PM to say thanks. For the life of me, I cannot find any way to do so and I’m beginning to wonder if there is even a way. What am I missing?

There is no PM function in Fark, but if you click on the TFIQ’s (The Farker in Question–a Total Fark Discussion term)profile there is usually an email contact in there, just shoot a line. Alternately, you can pop in the Farktography forum and thank them there by name, most Farkers, particularly those who sponsor Liters have their accounts set up to notify them when they are mentioned in a thread.

If your Sponsor was a Mod, and they often are, just post a lot of NSFW stuff in a thread and they will find you! 😀

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I went canoeing on the White River many, many moons ago. I remember falling out of the canoe a lot, and because I can’t swim (the main reason I never thought about joining the Navy) being rather upset about that. Then I discovered that life vests work and enjoyed my trip.

Beautiful country, I think your photo experience will be fruitful.

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“First thou pullest the Holy Pin. Then thou must count to three. Three shall be the number of the counting and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceedeth to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the number of the counting, be reached, then lobbest thou the Holy Hand Grenade in the direction of thine foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.”

/+5
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Hell, I didn’t get a smart phone until last year.

Ha! Me, too. Still don’t use it much, although since I work from home and get crappy cell reception here, I don’t use a cellphone in general too much. I did find it really handy to keep track of sports scores during the college football & basketball seasons.

I didn’t use my droid phone for much of anything, I bought a cheap POS. Then I bought an iphone, and now I understand. I am not quite an iphone Zombie, but I used it a lot. There is an app called PhotoCalc which I used almost every time I shoot.

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Personally, I’ve committed to the “wait a year and see the prices drop philosophy” but my tech needs are much lower than yours. Hell, I didn’t get a smart phone until last year.

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I am indeed better off, I am back at work at an animal hospital as the practice manager, I am a Boss! 😀 I can return to photography as a side gig until I get sick of NYC and move to a location with less competition.

I wrote up my experiences shooting Fan Photos on The Blog, you can read the rage if you wish:

Part I: http://freeversephotography.com/freeversephotoblog/2013/05/05/fan-photographer/

Part II: http://freeversephotography.com/freeversephotoblog/2013/05/06/adventures-of-a-fan-photographer-part-two-the-product/

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Damn, what am I going to do Wednesday night at 8 PM now?

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If it were me, I would use this as a penance (pennants?) for myself. I would go back and take good photographs at my pace, under my terms. To balance out the universe and karma and yang and so on.

Done and done. I went out yesterday to shoot something I’ve wanted to shoot for ages. There is group that dances the Tango on one the piers over the Hudson River, I am doing a series of shoots over the next while for a long form photo essay I hope to get published.

http://freeversephotography.com/freeversephotoblog/2013/05/02/dancing-with-volvo-tango-on-pier-45/

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Sooooo….

I finally went to the gallery pages on the Yankees website and LOOKED at the photos being taken. They are AWFUL, MINE INCLUDED!

My god, I am so glad my name is not associated with these shitty, shitty photos. Part of it is the horrible jpeg rendering, part of it is camera mounted flash, part of it shooting too fast without pausing for proper composition, part of it is just awful subject matter.

Wow.

You know what, I’ve decided to just walk away and pretend I never stepped foot in Yankee Stadium. I am embarrassed, and I know I am better photographer than that.

Now, I have to go vomit.

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